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The power of organized labor has been waning, under attack by Republicans at the state level. With Donald Trump in the White House, will that opposition to organized labor move to the federal level as well?

Back in 1999, Aaron Glasscock was just 22-years-old and two months shy of graduating from college when he was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for a nonviolent drug offense: conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine. Nearly 20 years later, Glasscock is out of prison, as his sentence was commuted by President Barack Obama.

Presidents Day relieves the holiday drought in the abbreviated month of February, and it helps to remind us of the partial roots of Black History Month, a once cursory look at African American history that is now seen as a crucial window for understanding all of this nation’s history.

Many of you have already tweeted your questions to @PRI, @TheTakeaway and @PRITheWorld with the hashtag #100Days100Qs. We’ve waded through some of your questions and asked Takeaway Washington correspondent Todd Zwillich to give us some answers.

The executive order signed by the president called for a review of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act, which was designed to prevent a repeat of the 2008 financial crisis and was a major target of Trump’s presidential campaign.